Ap World History Dbq Essay

During the 16th and 17th centuries there were four powerful leaders in the world. Emperor Kangxi, who was the ruler of China in the Qing dynasty. Pedro de Cieza de León, who arrived in America as a boy but was Spanish, fought in the war against the Inca (which the Spanish) won and looked over how the Incan empire was run. Louis XIV who ruled France from 1643 to 1715, and finally Emperor Jahangir who ruled the Mughal state from 1605 to 1627, after the reign of his father, Akbar. The kings and emperors of the 16th and 17th centuries faced multiple challenges when running their societies. Emperor Kangxi and the Incan Emperor struggled to run their government because of unfair officials. While Louis XIV and Emperor Jahangir faced challenges in

They dealt with this challenge by changing unfair officials. Emperor Kangxi had major problems with his officials being unfair. For example, the officials were falsely accusing people of crime, leading to citizens’ deaths. (Emperor Kangxi 1671-1722). A government shouldn’t be killing people when they have done nothing wrong and Kangxi can’t have that happen in his government. Secondly, the Incan Emperor had to deal with unfair officials. For example, some of the officials were giving out cruel punishments to the civilians of Inca like death (Pedro de Cieza de Leon 1550). This presence of unfair officials put pressure on the Incan Emperor to change things about the Incan bureaucracy. This shows that there was a disregard for human rights in his empire and something needed to change. (Pero de Cieza de Leon 1550). My final point for this paragraph is that the army officers were unfair to some of the troops (Emperor Kangxi 1671-1722). This can't happen because they need to have their troops ready for war. Overall, both Pedro de Cieza de Leon and Emperor Kangxi struggled with running their own

One of Emperor Jahangir's strategies was announcing his new laws and rules. He had to think about the past and what was good and bad for the community (Jahangir 1605-1627). He made rules for everyone, such as “High officials were prohibited from possessing themselves by violence of the lands. By doing this, he is gaining the trust of the civilians so he can stay in power. Secondly, Louis XIV struggled to stay in power. For example, he basically bribed the commoners of France at the time by having shows regularly which they seemed to really like; he also gave financial aid (Louis XIV 1670). By doing this Louis XIV is gaining trust of the civilians of France and basically saying if he stays in power they will see this often. My final example is Emperor Jahangir throwing a massive party for people from the Mughal empire (Jahangir 1605-1627). There are 2 reasons for him to do this. The first reason is to show that there are good or better things to come if he gets elected as ruler. The second reason is to show that he is wealthy, so people think he can work to get what he wants. To sum this paragraph up, both Emperor Jahangir and Louis XIV had the challenge of staying in power and they were both able to adapt to these